TRIUMPHED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

triumphed

verb

past tense of triumph

as in prevailed

to achieve victory (as in a contest) despite an accident early on, the runner persevered and ultimately triumphed

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as in delighted

to feel or express joy or triumph the team triumphed by hoisting their coach into the air and carrying her off the field

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Recent Examples of triumphed Democrats also triumphed in three other districts that Republicans hoped to win by fiddling with boundary lines. — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 Trump was trounced, the country triumphed, and the long national nightmare is over, but for the rest of his lame-duck presidency. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 Indeed, since the moment Abdul El-Sayed triumphed in the Democratic Senate primary, Rogers has made his views of his opponent clear. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026 Netanyahu has triumphed in squashing Israeli support for Palestinian national aspirations and normalizing military confrontation with Iran. — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026 Lula erased much of Bolsonaro’s gains by winning in the Northeast and also triumphed in the North, the region that includes the Amazon rainforest. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Bethune has also triumphed through injuries throughout her career. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 That was only possible because in 2006 Mark Pryor won a Senate seat in Arkansas, Sherrod Brown triumphed in a Senate race in Ohio, and Jon Tester beat an incumbent Republican in Montana. — Dylan Scott, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026 The rest is very long, because stories are always long, even when a life hasn’t failed or triumphed, like mine, even when a life is nothing more than a bit of space and many hours together. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

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Many in Serbia believe that the concrete canopy crashed because of flawed renovation work caused by corruption and negligence that prevailed in major state infrastructure projects championed by Vucic's government.

— MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
In every matchup during this postseason, the team with the better record prevailed.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

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For families Families are welcomed here with a friendly, low-key attitude that has delighted kids roaming free through the open spaces.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who delighted TV viewers with her light-hearted turns on The Name of the Game, McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie before quitting at the peak of her powers, has died.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of delighted

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After Friday’s delay in the Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit, shares of both media companies slid in after-hours trading, foes of the merger exulted and observers tried to process the latest twist in the merger saga.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026
Watching from New Orleans, former Huskers star guard Tyronn Lue exulted.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026